NHL 11: The Small Stuff

[Flyers_Fan]

All things that are not gameplay or anything major can be discussed here. (Crowd, Ice, Goalie Pads, Crowd's Towels, Scoreboard, Jersey's, Celebrations, Menu's, Lighting, Custom Music, Arenas, Equipment, etc)

I'm really liking the In-Game scoreboard this year. It looks alot more slick than the previous games. I would perfer the actual logo's of the teams you're using on the Scoreboard, but what they did this year is fine.

[Lightbringer719]

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The new in-game score clock looks great. I love that they list the goal scorers (and players who assisted) after a goal.

Some other thoughts:

- It's unfortunate EA hasn't done anything for the intermission. I'm honestly sick of the replay reel/scouting report they've done for three years straight. They should really consider doing an intermission similar to 2K's, with more depth and info in the season modes.

- I really hope they haven't resorted to using the generic black silhouette for various players, draft picks, and created folks. It's kinda disheartening to see my team in the later years of my BeAGM game just be made up of blank photos.

- The goal celebrations have been fixed, but I'd love to see the animations of the players who gave up the goal to be fixed up.

[Panther84]

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Hopefully we get authentic goal horns or atleast an option to add custom horns

[Evan_OS]

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I'm really liking the camera angle for the faceoffs. Feels like TV with the different angle and then switching back to the normal angle after the faceoff.

[Piderman]

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Hopefully they put in real goalie helmets.

[Lightbringer719]

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- Can they please fix the post-whistle animations? I don't ever think I've seen a player do the stereotypical "thinker's" pose during a stoppage in play.

[Frost o9]

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They need to fix the puck from appearing through white stick tape. It's been in the game for the past 2-3 years and it's annoying.

[Flamesfan102]

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I am finally happy that EA has fixed all the teams goal horns to match what they sound like in real life. EA Sports NHL twitter confirmed they were fixed for this years game.

[Piderman]

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They need to fix the puck from appearing through white stick tape. It's been in the game for the past 2-3 years and it's annoying.

Noticed that to

I am finally happy that EA has fixed all the teams goal horns to match what they sound like in real life. EA Sports NHL twitter confirmed they were fixed for this years game.

Awesome!

[Panther84]

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I am finally happy that EA has fixed all the teams goal horns to match what they sound like in real life. EA Sports NHL twitter confirmed they were fixed for this years game.

You just made my weekend sir! I would like to have a custom horn slot but if they got authentic horns this year im satisfied.

[Vikes1]

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One of the I suppose smaller things I'm hoping for would be...having some of the defunct teams in NHL'11'. Such as the Jets, Whalers, Rockies, etc... And be able to use them in GM mode.

With all the other teams that have been added the last few years, you'd think they'd realize there's hockey gamers out here that would love to use some of the classic teams. I know I'd rather play as the Whalers, than some freaking team from eastern Siberia.

Also imo...an option to play a shorten regular season 41/82 or whatever, would be very welcome. For those who hate simming games...I'd like to have the chance to get through more than 2-3 seasons tops.

[bcgudely]

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Hopefully they put in real goalie helmets.

Don't hold your breath. I'm sure we'd all love to see it, but I believe it requires an individual licensing agreement for each one. They had them in one of the old games (NHL 04 was it?) and ran into issues I believe.

[JezFranco]

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I would love to see statistics for each (real) player when you're playing more than one person on the same team (2v2, 3v3 etc).
Red Player
Shots on goal
Pass %
Assists
Checks
etc...

Blue player
Shots on goal
Pass %
Assists
Checks.....

It'd be great to see who's scoring, passing and doing good on defence...


Also, the auto saved replays could be a bit longer. How often don't you get a replay that's about 1.2 seconds long...? Kinda hard to see what actually happened.

And the camera angle for the replay on offsides need to be changed, so that you actually see the puck and the guy going offside.

[BigH2k6]

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Don't hold your breath. I'm sure we'd all love to see it, but I believe it requires an individual licensing agreement for each one. They had them in one of the old games (NHL 04 was it?) and ran into issues I believe.

It was NHL 97

[MizzouRah]

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I am finally happy that EA has fixed all the teams goal horns to match what they sound like in real life. EA Sports NHL twitter confirmed they were fixed for this years game.

Great news! I'm still playing NHL 10 and it's going to be a bit sad to have to put her to sleep.